Acetylene-gas generator.



C. LAY. ACEIYLENE GAS GENERATOR. APPLICATION FILED 0:42.29. 1916. 1,286,665. Patented Dec. 3, 1918. 4 2 SHEET$-SHEET 1.

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-C. LAY. ACETYLENE GAS GENERATOR. APPLICATION nun 020.29. 1915.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

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Specification er Letters Patent.

ten d D e:- 3,1918."-

hppl ee ion file D e mb 9; 6- e ial No. 13 9,15.-

To allwk om z'tmay concern:

Be it know that I; DAY, a. citi en of the United. States, re id g at S ly, the county of Austin, State. of, Texas, have inven a ne and us f l. Ac y enee s Generlator; and I; d h r y de lare.- the following to be; a full, clear, and exact; description of the inventi0. s ch aswill enable. others ski l d. in the art to which it. eppertains. to ma e n use he s me,

This, invention relates to the art 01 gas genera i0n,. andv more especia ly: to; nmproved. apparatus/fer genena ng acety ene :IS-F

g One of. the. bj c s. of he invent n. s. to

proride a. gas. g n ra ing tank p evid'edi i h a. id. re pt cle. having impreve l. means f r. ntro l ng the carbid, in combination with a ga tank provi with. a gasometerbell, he; rise n fall. of. which.- oper es; the .carbid contr l g; means, through the medium of mp d. enneet ens sa d. bell and. said. me n A filrther object. oi he.-

to prev de a er l re ep acle. ha ng e conical b m. Pr i ed w th an. Opening therein, a a y ndric l lve hav g diame rically pp s e y r ged op ings and. perating through said central opening to. control the carbid in its flow into the Water ofi gas generating tank. 1

In practical fie1 s, he details of construction. may ecessitate, altera ons lling Withh ope o Wha i c a m d,

The invention comprisesfurther features and combinations. of parts, as'hereinafter e hsh n n he draw ngsxendclaimed In the drawings :1. F g r 1 sa vi w. in s de el a ion of he improved. ac ty ene has g ne t n. e ns nueted in accordance wi h he nyentien,

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of- Fig. 2'.

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Referring more especially to; the drawinns, 1 designates a; tank to contain a suitable: amount of water, as shown at2,, and, in

which gas is to, be; generated. Constructed integrally with and-i rising;- upwardlv from the upper partof said tank 1 is a) carbidj rept e pr v e ith asub tant allyenh surea thorough and complete, chemical co aci n betw enhe Water nd thecarh d for c l. bott m 4t a ing. an opening Se uredy ri s or the. like 6. to the. conical. hettem, are e-arms? o heearch piece 8,, dee pends. dQ nw-a d y from sa d. onical. bottom lnte he, interior qfthe tank- 1... A. hollows ylindrica val e. 9 (having its. upper end 1.0 d... and. its; lqwerend' ll. open)- 111M181??- ed' to. move vertical y thxe lgh. he open" g pa l ensl low he.- onical. bpt em. Qt.

a ,e rlec ,.ta :l'e; ,,.v t er hy'cutting efi hesun h of. sarbidi- Howeren. when rai ed to a po ition substantial y shenn Fig- 3,. h arb will flow hnengh; he opening 5 nd. thnongh the open gs; 3; in o.- he. ater of t ank. l.- 1211s t p; hi the eeptacleh ispltowided. Wi ha: fi ng; Qne; he ,18; wh ch. covered u stntahle sen Q's. e1e r l whi h be thre ed rother.- w se se u d in plaee- Extending firemand communica ing with. the lower par ef the nk 1. i a. pipe, 20,. the upper portion. of wh ch 'she d ra ed y m nspf; the bracket 21.- Bx: m ans of th pipea h tenk... l be filled wi h W ter- The s de, o the sp evided. with a val e ceek2 w beopened' in orderto test whether-turn .fi hi a k has b n. filled. wi h ater pp esie nletely oe he. amount. shewnin F g.1 h n ck ng red. 23 ism nted vert eal k ln. he te k... so tha ts sa-Wet: end; i-l .ee e; e the ettemei he ank; Al 2.5 s. ecured. on the: lower p rtinent the rod 3 ay-m ns, o a et; screw 2.65

he npPerpQrt-ion eitherod23 terminate a' ran 27 h ing a. andle 28.. herehaa 1P nnecking he- .od-,. the. arm 25 he o c ll ed, or stirr ngr giteting't. bid; th fwateref he tank Lin or e to;

genera-tine t g A. g s. t nk, 29 is.- pr

, vided, and secured to; the; sarm-T; by. means.- of

rivets or the like 30 isanupri qht member h ving a, right angl extending 32 at .1

its upper end.

metrically opposite the upr1ght'31 -1S-2t Carried by thetank 29 diabracket 33, in a bearing3t of which a rod is guided. The upper end of the rod 35 has forks 36. Mounted to raise and lower telescopically in the tank 29 is a gasometer bell 37,.ancl threaded in a socket 38 of the top of saidbell is a rod 39, which is guided in the arm 32, to guide the bell, and to hold the same concentric with the tank 29. A tube-40 is provided and has its lower end open, and its upper portion merging into an enlargement 41, which is integrally connected'to the top of the bell 37 This hollow enlargement &1 is provided with a plurality of perforations or openings 42. A suitable pipe 43 extends from the upper part of the tank ldownwardly and through the wall of the tank 29, and then upwardly into the said gasometer bell 37, terminating between the top of the gasometer bell and the level of the water in the tank 29. This pipe 513 is provided with a suitable valve 42E, which. may be arranged'or manipulated to govern the gas in its flow or passage from the tank 1 into the gas chamber 45 of said bell. Extending through the wall of the tank 29 "and upwardly telescopically into the tube 40 is an outlet pipe 46, its upper end terminating in communication with the enlargement 41. The lowerend of the pipe 46 has anannular threaded flange-4:7, and between this flanged end and an adjacent flanged end 48 of another pipe 49 (which may extend to any suitable source of consumption) a wire fabric strainer 50 is arranged. A sleeve 51 is 'jcarried by the flanged end 48, and is in turn threaded to the flange 47, to couple the two pipes 46 and .49 togethen A lateral extension52 is secured by rivets orthe like 53 to the top of the gasometer bell 37, and to the extremity of this extension, the rod 35 is attached at 54. A lever 56 is pivoted on the pin 60 between the forks 59 of an upright arm 58, which is secured in any suitable manner to the tank 1.v The lever 56 is provided with forks 56 engaging under where the rod 35 is connected to the arm 52, so that when the bell 37 rises, the same being full of gas, the'valve 9 will gradually close incident to the tension of the spring 14,

' When said bell 37-,rises, the arm 52, moves with it, "thereby permittingthe spring 14 to gradually close the valve 9. v However, when allused from. the bell37, it descends, and when the forks 56. are again broughfli-ncontact 'withthe forks 36 of rod '35, the lever '56 is tilted, thereby causing the '-'valve 9 to rise to an open position and permitthe-carbid to pass or fall through the openings 17 of the valve and'into the water ;of the generator tank 1. It is to be seen'that one end of the lever 56 terminates in forks 61 having slots 62, through which a pivot I pin 63 extends, thereby connecting thevalve stem to the lever 56, whereby said lever is allowed freedom of movement to actuate the valve 9 according-to the movement of the gasometer bell. However, when the valve 9 is in a raised position, and it is desired to quickly decrease the generation of the gas to a certain degree, a slight manual pressure may be applied tothe stem 12, in which case the How of carbid will be slightly lessened. The gas, when generated in the tank 1, will pass through the pipe-43 intothe chamber 45', then into the enlargement l1 and downwardly through the pipe 46 being carried off to some suitable pointofconsumption, not shown. The gas; in passing off through "the pipe 46,"very often carrie'svery small particles of theycarbid, hence, these are strained from the gas by means of the screen or wire fabric 50. The water in the tank 29 also extends upwardly into the tube a0, thereby providing a suitable fluid seal be; tween the tube 40 and the pipe 46. As the gas increases inthe'chamber 45,- due to the consumption being less than the, generation, the gasometer bell rises to a high'position in the tank 29, releasing thei lever 56 and permitting the valve 9 to lower, thereby causing the openings l7 to assume positions below i the conical bottom of the carbid receptacle and closing the opening5, thus shutting off the flow of carbid and decreasing the generation of gas in the tank 1. As the gas in the chamber 45lessen's or decreases, due to the consumption of. the same, the gasometer bell lowers, and through the medium of the lever 56, opens the valve 9, thereby permitting the carbid to flow, until again shut off by the raising of the bell. These cycles of operation consecutively repeat. v

It will be observed that the enlargement 41, with its perforations 42, acts as a preliminary strainer for the: gas. This enlargement, being permanently connected with the top of the gasomete'r bell, necessi tates the gasleaving the tank always at the top of the bell, thus reducing the liability of carbid particles entering the pipe 46, since theforce of gravity will tend torkeepsuch particles out of the enlargement 41, should 7 they be present in'the storage tank.

The inventlon havingbeen set forth, what is clalmedasnew and useful, is

The combination wlth 'a gas generating tank, of a carbid receptacle integrally .posI- "tioned on the top of the tank'and provided witha conical bottom protruding into the tank, said conical bottom having v.a. central opening, an arched member fixed to the coniconcentrically disposed with reference to the cylindrical surface thereof, said spring being connected between the upper closed end of the valve and the. transverse part of the arch member, said valve having an extension guide on its closed end guided in the upper end of the carbid receptacle, a gas storage tank, means connecting the storage tank with the extension guide, whereby the amount of gas in the storage will determine the operation of the valve and the subsequent generation of additional gas, said valve having diametrically disposed openings, whereby the communication between the receptacle and the tank may be closed or opened, the cylindrical wall of the valve below said diametrically disposed openings co- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the operating with the marginal edge of the bottom opening, so as to check the lower par ticles of the carbid in said receptacle, while the wall above said diametrically disposed openings cooperate with the marginal edge of the bottom openmg to close the com 'munication between the receptacle and the CLAUD LAY.

Witnesses:

WILLm E. SoHILo, CARL E. SQHAER.

"Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

